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Receipt for a Library Company share dated 1733

Shareholder Spotlight: Elizabeth Marshall (1768-1836)

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May 15, 2023
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Chinatown: The History of a Philadelphia Neighborhood

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May 1, 2023
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Grandma Toppan’s Daguerreotype

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April 19, 2023
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Black and white version of portrait of Tench Coxe at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

Shareholder Spotlight: Tench Coxe (1755-1824)

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April 17, 2023
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Photograph of medal with woman kneeling with raised arms in chains and text that reads Am I Not a Woman and a Sister 1838

Shareholder Spotlight: Anna G. Hubbell (1801-1895)

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March 20, 2023
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Shareholder Spotlight: Abraham L. Pennock (1786-1868)

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February 21, 2023
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Cordelia Sanders’ Ambrotype

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January 25, 2023
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Photograph of the title page of the first annual report of the managers of the Ladies' Depository in 1834

Shareholder Spotlight: Elizabeth Stott

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January 25, 2023
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John Bouvier’s Daguerreotype

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November 23, 2022
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Shareholder Spotlight: Benjamin Eastburn (1695-1741)

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November 23, 2022
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Shareholder Spotlight: Ann Bartram

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November 23, 2022
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Interpreting 19th Century Documents: A Sample from the James Barton Longacre Collection

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September 27, 2022
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Print of side profile of Paul Busti

Shareholder Spotlight: Paul Busti (1749-1824)

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September 19, 2022
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Receipt for a Library Company share dated 1733

Shareholder Spotlight: Sarah Emlen

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September 19, 2022
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Midwifery: A Historical Review of Shifting Approaches to Women’s Health

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June 8, 2022
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Getting Even: The Mighty Pen of Lady Bulwer Lytton

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May 10, 2022
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Sadakichi Hartmann in the Library Company of Philadelphia

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May 3, 2022
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Sarah Heim Delivered the 2022 Women’s History Month Lecture

Sarah Heim Delivered the 2022 Women’s History Month Lecture

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March 22, 2022
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Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper (June 2, 1877)

Fitz-Greene Halleck: The Most Famous Gay Poet You’ve Never Heard Of

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March 22, 2022
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The World at Your Fingertips: Restoration of the Library Company’s Globes

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October 12, 2021
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